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Be it known'that I', ALBE'RT H, JOHNSON, of the city and county of Hartford, in thc State of Connecticut,

A have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Comb`ined'-Spring-Base and Air-Pad vfor, Dress-Bosoms': and the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saine, reference being had to 'the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 represents'the in or under -side view of a dress-bosom, showing the springs forming the base for;

the air-pads to rest upon.

.l3`igure'2 shows my improvement as applied to n. person. Figure 3 shows a lplan of the spring as applied for use. Figure 4 is an edge'viewof the springs folded together for packing. Figure 5 represents a section across the air-.pad andispring. "Figure 6 is a side View of a 'cross-'spring Figure 7 isa-plan of the same with semicircular bearings. "The object of my invention is to form dress-besoins that can be varied in size at the will oi' the wearer, and to prevent I the air-pads when inflated fronrpressing hard upon the breasts, I.so as to be uncomfortable or oppressively hot in warm weather.

My invention consists in' the mode ot`constructing a spring-hase, and the manner of applying the same to and in combination with elastic air-pads for-ladies dreslsfhosoms. l i v .To enable others to make and use myinvention, I will describe it more fully, referring lto the drawings, and to the letter marked thereon. l

The hase for supporting air-'pads for 'dress-besoins, to he worn hy ladies who are spare in flesh, to whoin naturelles not 'provided a suitable orthe desired fullness' or rotundity of the' thorax or bust, I make of springsteel, or high hard-rolled brass, or of whalebone. The .springs a a may be two, three, or more in number, they having steps or littfe pads, b b b, secured to the ends of the springs a a; or the steps c c e c may be bars or crescente, as seenin'ig-l 7.-,A The springs a a are curved as much as is desirable, and are'secured .together by a rivet, `e,in the centre, so that they may be jackedorfolded 'up together, for packing up for carrying in a, trunk,

.unpacked in a mass for transportation. On the under side of the cloth which forms the-bodice A, may be secured avseries of pockets, dvdv d (4Z, for the pads'b b 6 to be put into, to hold thesprings a a directly under .the air-pads B B,vwhich.ma;y` be made of oiled silk,-elastic'ruhher cloth, or any other material in which air can -he confined. The airpads B may be made'on to the front of .the bodice permanent, or-they maybe made sepaa rate 'so that vthey can be attached or detached at pleasure, or they and the springs may be put together, and worn without being fastened to a bodice, as seen -iri iig. 5. 4When three or more springs are used for the support, they may be very light, 'their ohject'heing to keep lthe air-pads from pressing on the breasts, sh as to cause too much heatin warm weather, as is the casewith all kinds of padding worn which fits down closely on the person,

.so that it is regarded very essential to theicomfort of 'the wearer *to have the circulation of. air between the 'padding and that part of the person on which it is worn, Dresses'may be made Awitha space or pockets between thel linings, in which m'y improved springbase airfpa'ds may be placed, and wornwithcixtnny other inode of attnchinglthem tothe persom'or ,they may belattachedto acors'iet, andlworn' the` li'siuallrnianiier', and, in either case, beso that they. can be removed' readily for changing the'fpparel', or for having it washed and donc up;

Theair-paids may be provided `-with a flexible tube, and suitable Iappliances for inil'ating, so that anyvdesired degree 'of fullness or rotundity can b e given, while the 'pressure u'po'n the breasts is notincreased or even felt,

and in hot weather be kept cool and comfortable, the space under lthe springs being' suilicientto ventilate the bosom, and give plenty of room for respiration-a condition most desirable at all times, and especially so for ladies inllarge assemblies, or when they wish to' appear togood advantage before an audience, or entertain v Thusitwill readily be seen thatv my improvement in the' modeoi' constructing springs, and the manner of attaching them so that they may be' readily detached, and combining themivith :in-elastic or air-bosom, aids the fair sex in restoring in some lgoed degree to them what by nature or accident hns been denied theni, and at the same time the spring-hase provides 'the ineens of keeping thevereen es cool and comfortable es if there vwere no false pretense, and nothing to prevent the escape of perspiration. False bosoms constructed of other fabrics than those in which air can be confined, cannot easily be `varied in size,.so that often they do not serve the purpose of fitting dresses, and are often so compressed ns to be very nncomfortable to the wearer; and airbosoms which are secured te n rigid'hase areV also not plensnnt or agreeable to the Weurerz they having` been. tried for several months, and all of' the objections above enumerated have been found to exist. By my arrangement and combination of the springbcse and air-pcd, ali of the cbovmdescribed objections nre entirely remedied.4

What I claim ns my invention, and desire toeecure by Letters Patent, is`

In combination with an nilated elastic bosom-pcd, the supp'orting-sp1ings a a, arranged as herein shown and described, and for the purposes specied.

VIn testimony "whereof/I hereunto set my hand iin the presence oi` Y A. H. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

S. Rowwen, 'Cf L. JOHNSON. 

